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McNellis: A Little Help From my Friends

Making it in Real Estate (Part Thirteen): A Little Help From my Friends By John McNellis Lighthouse keepers can do it by themselves. Developers can’t. That said, new developers typically need to...

Calif.’s Wage Law Update – AB219

Update to California’s Prevailing Wage Laws: AB219 Fixes the Loophole for Ready-Mixed Concrete Drivers ALERT: Please note that enforcement of AB219 is currently stayed, based on the California Central District...
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Opinion: Twitter’s Chilling Offer

By Wolf Richter Some of the smartest money got out last year. Twitter is shaking up San Francisco. It’s the city’s 10th largest employer, and second largest tech employer, after Salesforce....

McNellis: Selling vs. Holding

Making it in Real Estate (Part Twelve): Selling vs. Holding By John McNellis Some decisions in life are easier than others. Deciding whether you want fries with that is a piece...
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Opinion: Rent Control Fallout

By Michael Shields San Jose’s apartment building owners are smart and hard working, but few are wealthy. They are simply people who have saved enough money to buy an investment...
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Opinion: Labor Tapers, Housing Booms

These 2 Forces Will Crush the San Francisco Housing Bubble By Wolf Richter Jobs, labor force are declining; housing construction in epic boom. The San Francisco housing bubble – locally called “Housing Crisis” –...

Regaining Your Wetlands

Supreme Court gives landowners and developers the right to challenge Army Corps' wetlands jurisdiction determinations By Joshua A. Bloom It is an all too common scenario. A developer or landowner will...
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McNellis: Buying it Right

Making it in Real Estate (Part Eleven): Buying it Right By John McNellis In Anna Karenina, Tolstoy begins: “All happy families are alike: Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own...

Opinion: Tenants Overpay for Phantom Space

By Dan Mihalovich Fair warning: Touching this radioactive topic could be hazardous to your landlord. And pretty much every professional in the commercial real estate sector. The issue revolves around...
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Opinion: Glut in San Francisco?

Sam Zell’s Equity Residential Warns 2nd Time in a Month on Rental Market, Sees Glut in San Francisco, New York By Wolf Richter This is just the beginning. On Wednesday, mega-landlord Equity...

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